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POSITION HTS Lay Counsellor
LOCATION Msukaligwa, Ermelo
REPORTS TO HTS District Manager
EMPLOYMENT TYPE Contract – Event Based Linked to Funding
START DATE ASAP
EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS HIV/AIDS Lay Counselling Certificate
EXPERIENCE 2+ years HIV Counselling experience
SALARY RANGE Market Related – To be discussed
Inherent requirements of the position:
- Must be quality conscience
- Excellent counselling and interpersonal skills
- Must have excellent communication skills
- Non-judgmental, trustworthy and empathetic personality
- Discrete and confidential
- Willingness to work irregular working hours, including weekends and a willingness to travel within the sub-district
- Willingness to work with a team in challenging environments
- Ability to communicate in multiple South African languages
- Valid drivers’ license (2 years or older) will be an added advantage
- Able to work independently as well as part of a team
Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to:
- Provide an HTS services through index testing, workplace and community combination HIV prevention initiatives including STI’s, TB, risk reduction counselling, screening and referrals
- Obtain an informed and written consent for HIV counselling and testing, TB and STI’s screening
- Perform finger prick of capillary blood for HIV rapid testing
- Distribute HIVSS kits to clients who decline traditional HIV rapid testing
- Ensure that the onsite services are documented and reconciled, daily
- Daily, submit the documents electronically, as per CareWorks standard operating procedures
- Identify PrEP eligible people and promote PrEP and other HIV Prevention Services
- Link the newly identified positive clients to care, ASAP or inform the linkage officer and/or team leader when you identified a newly diagnosed positive client
- Refer any TB and/or STI suspects to the nearest clinic using the referral forms
- Escalate any challenges to the team leader/district manager, timeously
- Participate in community dialogues to promote HIV services
- Participation in staff meetings and appropriate training workshops
- Data collection and compilation of monthly report forms as required
- Provide HIV prevention education and information in group sessions
- Detect and report barriers to HIV, STI and TB health seeking behaviour
- Implement IQC & PT Scheme as prescribed by the CareWorks SOP and report timeously as per the guidelines
- Ensure that HTS registers, DOH consent forms, HIVSS Register and CareWorks stationery are completed properly and submitted to the clinics, and CareWorks head office and or regional office
- Ensure that the personal information collected are kept confidential as per the CareWorks confidentiality agreement
- Responsible for the completion of other assigned duties reasonably associated with this position
- Respecting and protecting the privacy rights of all clients in terms of the provisions of the Protection of
Personal Information Act of 2013 (POPIA)
To apply:
- Submit your application to jobs(a)careworks.co.za
- Your application must contain ALL of the following:
➢ A cover letter motivating your application➢ Submit your up to date CV with accompanying documentation, including qualificationsPlease take note of the following before submitting an application:
- Ensure that you meet all of the requirements of the position (educational, inherent requirements as well as required experience)
- Unless otherwise stated CareWorks will not pay relocation costs for candidates who wish to take up a position in another town or province
Please note:
- CareWorks reserves the right not to fill this vacancy and to withdraw the advertisement for this position at any stage during the recruitment process
- We are committed to transformation. Meeting our employment equity goals will be taken into account in our recruitment decisions
- Due to high application volumes, only short-listed candidates will be contacted
Job Type: Full-time
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